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Turkha

Botad block · Botad district, Gujarat · PIN 364710 · village code 516029

Population 2011
5,889
Census of India
Population 2020
7,250
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.1%
1,361 people · 2.3% a year
Households
2,030
+69.3% vs 1,199 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population
5,889
Male / female
2,958 / 2,931
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
991
Children aged 0–6
783
Literacy rate
59.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
931 / 1
Working population
2,849
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.9%
Households
1,199

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students
785
Teachers
23
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
1,255
Non-farm households
775
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
3,000 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3,000 / 1,500 / 150
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Turkha panchayat, Botad zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance
₹59.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹30.39 lakh
Received directly
₹25.42 lakh
Spent
₹42.62 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹72.28 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.93 lakh · received ₹12.16 lakh · spent ₹21.90 lakh · left ₹28.61 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹46.16 lakh · received ₹18.24 lakh · spent ₹20.72 lakh · left ₹43.67 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

22.1133, 71.7750 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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